Cost Differences Between High School and College

beolein
Mon, 23 Jan 2012 17:09:18 +0000

From what I can find, a high school senior costs a household $11,445 every school year (which means not including summer) for everything from food to books to heating her room at home.
When that student goes to college, costs change, but I can’t find out to what they change.
For example, the cost of feeding them changes from meals cooked at home to meals cooked by commercial kitchens (dorm cafeterias and restaurants). Certainly, this is a higher cost in college. The cost of clothing goes down, though, because they stop outgrowing clothes, and frankly, don’t have parents around to see they need new clothes.
Can anyone point me to a web page that shows the overall cost difference?